Combination-tool



P. E. THREET.

COMBINATON TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED Auml, 1920.

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Patented Sept. t3, 192i.

application. fixed august n, 192e. semi noueoaaea' To all whom t mayconcern.'

Be it known that I, PREsroN E. THREET, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ot'Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inCombination-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in combinationtools, and has for its object to provide a tool of this def scri tionwhich will consist of a carving kn' e, saw, joint severer, bottleopener, and can opener.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspeciiicallyv designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in' the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, l

will describeits construction in detail, referring b numerals to theaccompanying drawing orming'a partY of this application, in which Figure1 is a side view of a tool made in accordance with my improvement, and,

Fig. 2 is an edge view of Fig. 1, partly broken away to show theconstruction thereof.

n carrying out my invention as here embodied, l represents a handlel towhich is secured the blade 2, one edge of said blade being sharpened toserve as a knife, the

other edge having saw teeth 3 formed thereon. The saw teeth extend fromthe handle to within a short distance from-the end oiA the blade, fromwhich point on are twol 1nwardly curved sections 4 forming the jointsevering teeth 5.

The handle 1 inand in this recess is pivoted the member 7 by means ofthe intle 8, said pintle passfor the purpose ot permittingthat portion 1of the blade to be bowed inward within said cavity when the member 7 isbeing opened or closed. This bowing or springhas a recess Giormedthere-l action of the inner end of the blade serves to holdthe member 7in either its opened or 5'5 its closed position, as will be readily`understood.

The member 7 L.has a bottleopener 11 formed therewith, and also a'can-opening blade 12 is formed with said member. This 60 last-namedblade has a` prong 13 formed therewith so asf to bear against a can .in

guiding the blade when opening said can.

When themember 7 is'closed into the recess 5 the prong 13 will enter the'cavity 1t 65 leading from said recess, thus housing the member 7 andthe parts lcarried thereby to prevent interference with the hand of theuser in grasping the handle.

From this description it will be seen that the' tool may be readily usedfor carving or lother cutting; and when cutting meat and a bone isencountered, by reversing the blade the saw may be brought into actionto sever said bone, or in carving fowl the oints may 75 be severed vbythe use of the teet 5. Also when it is necessary to open a can themember .7 may be swung outward to the position shown-in Fig. 2, and theblade 12 in conjunction with the prong 13 may be utilized l8e for thispurpose; and when a bottle is to be opened the bottle opener 11 may beapplied to the closure cap of said bottle to remove it therefrom. 0fcourse ll do noth wish to be limited to 85 the exact details'ofconstruction as herein shown, as these may be varied within the limitsof the appended claim withoutdepartingfrom the spirit of my invention.

' aving thus fully described my invert e0 tion, what l claim as new anduseful i s:

In a device of the character described, a

,blade, a .handle ittedto saidA blade, said handle having a recessformed therein, two

springend a prong carried by said mein-l ber, said'pro-ng being adaptedto enterthe other cavity. Y

In testimony whereof', have hereunto 'affixed my Signat. Q "f P sro-N E.el;

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